Summary:
Elementary Schools in the Muskego-Norway School District include three schools: Bay Lane Elementary (PK–4, 912 students), Mill Valley Elementary (K–4, 417 students), and Lakeview Elementary (K–4, 290 students). Together they enroll about 1,619 students, with Bay Lane accounting for roughly 56% of that total. The district ranks 23rd of 432 in Wisconsin — the 95th percentile — and holds a 5-star rating.
Mill Valley is the most consistently strong of the three. It ranks 37th of 1,039 elementary schools in 2025–26 (96th percentile, 5-star) and was 9th of 1,061 in 2023–24, never falling below the 95th percentile across the three-year window. It has the highest 2025–26 average proficiency (about 81.7%), the lowest chronic absenteeism (4.3%), the highest per-student spending ($16,683), and a 12.9 student-teacher ratio. Bay Lane, the largest school, is also 5-star, ranking 102nd of 1,039 in 2025–26 (90th percentile). Its standout strength is math — around 82–83% proficient in grades 3 and 4 — and it posts the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (12.72%) and lowest spending ($15,054) with a 14.9 ratio.
Lakeview is the smallest school and shows the widest variation. It earned the single highest math result in the group — 88.89% in grade 3 Math, well above the district's 82.94% and the state's 54.75% — but its rank slipped from 21st in 2023–24 to 170th of 1,039 in 2025–26 (84th percentile, 4-star), with Science grade 4 at 57.53% and ELA grade 4 at 67.12%. All three schools exceeded state averages in every reported test, and chronic absenteeism ranges from 4.3% to 5.2%, compared with 8.9% districtwide and 17.3% statewide. Mill Valley improved slightly year over year, while Bay Lane and Lakeview declined a bit from very high starting points.
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